ACRL STS Professional Development Committee Science and Technology Section

Recommendations for the Next Survey (from 2007)

Many demographic questions were suggested to the committee for inclusion in the questionnaire. There is interest in adding gender options to the questionnaire allowing individuals to self identify as transsexual. There was also interest in gathering more data about academic preparation of S/T librarians such as the discipline of their undergraduate and any graduate degrees held in addition to the master's degree in library science.

The 2007 committee recommends maintaining continuity in the selection of topics to obtain longitudinal data about trends in the interests of S/T librarians while still leaving opportunity for hot topics to emerge.

2007 STS Continuing Education Survey
Tell us about yourself.

1. Where do you work?
    Academic library
    Corporate library
    Government library
    Public library
    Other

2. Years since receiving your master's degree in library science
    Less than 3
    3-5 years
    5-10 years
    More than 10 years

3. Gender
    Male
    Female

4. What professional organizations are you a member of?
    ALA
    ACRL
    STS
    ASEE ELD
    SLA STD
    Other (please specify)

5. How would you prefer to receive continuing education?
    Credit courses – distance
    Credit courses traditional
    E-mail tutorials
    In-person workshops
    Mentors
    National conference/Pre-conference workshops
    Teleconferences
    Web based information
    Other (please specify)

6. Please indicate how interested you are in learning more about the following topics.; Choices are 1 "least interested" to 5 "very interested". "No answer" or "not applicable" option is on the far right, beyond "very interested."
    Advocacy, generating awareness of library services
    Enhancing access to full text through Google Scholar
    Building and utilizing institutional repositories
    Managing archival rights
    Keeping current with technology, Web 2.0, blogs, listservs, RSS, pod casts, etc.
    Managing and utilizing usage statistics
    Evaluating existing services/developing new services
    Copyright in the electronic age
    Collaboration between faculty and librarian
    Library instruction, assessment and surveys
    Federated searching
    Invisible web
    Informatics
    Alternative publishing models and the cost of serials
    Designing Web tutorials
    Professional advancement
    Consortial collaboration
    Future of reference, e-mail, chat, IM, other new technologies.
    Improving document delivery services
    Management skills, budgeting, personnel recruiting, training, and evaluation, etc.
    Collection development, print and electronic resources
    Future roles for libraries and librarianship
    Library as place
    Patent and trademark sources, searching, etc.

7. Did rating the pre-selected topics jog your memory about other topics of interest? If so, enter them here:

     
8. Do you have any other suggestions for provision of continuing education opportunities? If so, enter them here: